System Information

The section System Information belongs to Linux Fundamentals module.

sudo openvpn academy-regular.ovpn # Make sure you have openvpn installed.

First ssh to the spawned IP address with the following command:

ssh htb-student@<ip-address> # Use password: HTB_@cademy_stdnt!

You should now be at the target's terminal prompt.

Find out the machine hardware name and submit it as the answer.

Type:

uname -m

And submit the output as answer.

What is the path to htb-student's home directory?

Type the following command in the terminal (you can also use pwd if you did not yet changed the directory):

echo $HOME

And submit the output as answer.

What is the path to the htb-student's mail?

Type the following command in the terminal:

echo $MAIL

Which shell is specified for the htb-student user?

Type the following command to get the shell path:

echo $SHELL

Which kernel release is installed on the system? (Format: 1.22.3)

Use the uname command to get the kernel release:

uname -r

What is the name of the network interface that MTU is set to 1500?

Use the ifconfig command for this:

ifconfig

then manually search for the line containing mtu 1500 or use the following command:

ifconfig | grep "mtu 1500"

The name of the interface is in the beginning of the line.

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